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T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted in a 1970s murder trial, has died at 93
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Davis → acquit → 93
T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted of murder in a shooting at his secluded Fort Worth mansion in a 1970s case featured in true-crime shows and then acquitted again in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, has died.
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Davis → acquit → plot
Davis, who always maintained his innocence, died Friday at his home in the Fort Worth suburb of Colleyville, his son Trey Davis said Monday.
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son → maintain → Colleyville
In August 1976, Davis and his second wife, Priscilla Davis, were going through a contentious divorce when a gunman dressed in black and wearing a woman's black wig fatally shot two people at the mansion: her daughter Andrea Wilborn, 12, and her live-in boyfriend, Stan Farr, 30.
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gunman → go → mansion
Priscilla Davis and a visitor to the mansion, Gus “Bubba” Gavrel Jr., were both wounded but survived.
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Davis → wound → mansion
Gavrel's date escaped unharmed.
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date → escape → ?
The three survivors identified Cullen Davis as the gunman.
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survivors → identify → gunman
He was tried for capital murder in the death of Wilborn.
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He → try → Wilborn
Defended by prominent Texas attorney Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, Davis' first trial ended in a mistrial because of juror misconduct and the second ended in an acquittal in 1977.
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second → defend → 1977
With an oil-based empire valued at $400 million, he was said to be the wealthiest man at that point to stand trial for murder.
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he → base → murder
Nine months after the verdict, Davis was arrested and charged with solicitation of capital murder.
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Davis → arrest → murder
An FBI informant swore that Davis ordered him to kill 15 people, including the judge presiding over his divorce case and the three survivors of the shooting.
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Davis → swear → shooting
Davis, once again defended by Haynes, was acquitted in that case as well.
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Davis → defend → case
The shooting at the mansion inspired multiple books and was featured in true crime television shows.
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shooting → inspire → shows
A 1995 television miniseries titled “Texas Justice” starred Heather Locklear as Priscilla Davis.
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miniseries → title → Davis
By the mid-1980s, his largely oil-based empire was crumbling.
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empire → base → mid-1980s
He said in the mid-1990s that his company had gone bankrupt “because of the crash of the oil industry, not because of my trials.”
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company → say → trials
Priscilla Davis died of breast cancer in 2001 at the age of 59.
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Davis → die → 59
Trey Davis was adopted by Cullen Davis when his mother, Karen Master, became Cullen Davis' third wife.
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mother → adopt → Davis
He described Cullen Davis as someone who “stood with his arms wide open, willing to lovingly accept you regardless of where you stood in life.”
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you → describe → life
He said that when he first met Cullen Davis in the mid-1970s when his mother was dating him, Cullen Davis was “a fairly caustic person," but that changed when he became a Christian.
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he → say → him
“He became a Christian in 1981 and a lot of things changed," Trey Davis said.
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Davis → become → things
"He took that very seriously, his dedication to Christ.
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He → take → Christ
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